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Council Closes Market By Invoking 800-Year-Old King’s Charter
English law is riddled with ancient entries and charters pertaining to past worlds; and from time to time they emerge and catch out the unsuspecting. For example, it's punishable to gamble in a public library in England and it is also illegal to enter the House of Parliament wearing a suit of armor, and, according to the Fact Site, it’s still legal to shoot a Scotsman “under certain circumstances.”
ashley cowie - 12/08/2020 - 14:03
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Archaeologists Identify Scottish Church Where Accused 16th Century Witches Were Imprisoned
... tried for alleged witchcraft. Twenty-three women and one man were executed. Another wave of witch purges followed in ... her to hang the same about her neck, and when she saw the man she loved best, bade her then take the cloth with the ... and she so doing should attain to the marriage of the man whom she loved the best, and the said Elspet ...
Mark Miller - 23/07/2016 - 00:46
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Enormous Skull Found in Alaska May Belong to the Legendary King Bear of Inuit Mythology
An enormous, elongated polar bear skull emerged in 2014 from an eroding archaeological site southwest of Utqiaġvik in Alaska. Experts claim that it is quite different from most modern polar bear skulls and reassure that it is one of the biggest polar bear skulls ever found.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 21/02/2017 - 22:40
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People in the Southwestern United States drank caffeinated drinks in 750 AD
The sparse population inhabiting the area that is now the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico during the eighth century AD regularly consumed drinks made from cacao—the plant that is used to make chocolate—and holly (Ilex), researchers from the University of New Mexico have discovered. Both these drinks were high in caffeine. The caffeine was consumed in two types of drinks. One was a cacao- (or cocoa)-based chocolate drink.
Robin Whitlock - 11/09/2015 - 03:46
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Secrets of the Hagia Sophia - Healing Powers, Mysterious Mosaics and Holy Relics
The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has a very long history. It has survived earthquakes, religious power struggles, and has been a church (basilica), a mosque and is now a museum. It is known as the Ayasofya in Turkish, and was dedicated to the Wisdom of God, the Logos. There were once two more churches that were regarded as “Churches of Divine Wisdom” but the Hagia Sophia is the last that remains.
Steve Andrews - 27/05/2015 - 14:15
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Spis Castle, Born to Resist the Mongol Invasion
13th century Europe was under attack by the Mongols and the Kingdom of Hungary was right in the sights of the invaders. Something had to be done, and the creation of great fortified castles was seen as one way to possibly resist the mighty force.
dhwty - 20/06/2018 - 01:59
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King Edward II’s Stone Head Unearthed at British Abbey
... The flowing locks suggested a woman, the jawline a man.’ Therefore, it may represent a king or a queen. ...
Ed Whelan - 03/10/2020 - 00:56
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Reconstructed Temple of the Night Sun in Mortuary of Queen Hatshepsut opens to the public
More than 1.2 million rotations of the Earth on its axis since her death, Queen Hatepshut has not been eradicated from memory by her ancient successors. Far from it. Still today, nearly 3,500 years after she died, scholars are working to remember this monarch of ancient Egypt by rebuilding and refurbishing her vast temple in the Theban necropolis near Luxor.
Mark Miller - 06/03/2015 - 13:13
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Neanderthal Diet Was Carnivorous, Shows Study of Tooth Enamel
A team of scientists from the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), in collaboration with colleagues from several scientific institutions in Germany, have just published a new study of Neanderthal dietary practices in the journal PNAS.
Nathan Falde - 18/10/2022 - 14:53
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Ancient Guanche Solar Worship And Fertility Rites In The Canary Islands
The Canarian laurel forest is a prehistoric forest about 20 million years old, present in many enclaves on the north coast of Tenerife. This wonderful and ancient forest formation treasures great botanical and archaeological jewels from the Canarian ancestors, the Guanches. Very close to the visible Mount Teide, a group of independent researchers have just found what could be considered a great Guanche meeting / worship center, associated with fertility rituals and sun monitoring.
Gustavo Sanchez Romero - 03/03/2021 - 18:50
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Ghosts of Atlantis: How the Echoes of Lost Civilizations Influence Our Modern World
An intensive investigation into the evidence for a forgotten fountainhead of civilization lost at the end of the last ice age
• Reveals evidence of advanced ancient technology, anomalous ancient maps, time travel, crystal science, ancient Armageddon, and Atlantis in the Bible
• Explores the true age of the Sphinx, the Stone Age high-tech found at Gobekli Tepe, the truth of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), the Zep Tepi monuments of Egypt, the mysteries of the Gulf of Cambay, and what lies beneath the ice of Antarctica
ancient-origins - 17/04/2021 - 16:46
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Oldest known Gold Jewelry in Europe Discovered at Bronze Age Bulgarian site
... may have been worn as a sign of status by either a man or a woman. It is possible salt was used as currency ... an advanced Copper Age trade network in the Balkans. Varna Man and the Wealthiest Grave of the 5th Millennium BC Ancient ...
Mark Miller - 22/11/2015 - 21:53
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The Annals of Quedlinburg: Rare Example of Female Scholarship in Medieval Europe
Mention medieval scholarship, and the first image that most people will have would probably be that of a monk with a quill in his hand and an open book before him. The most well-known scholars of Medieval Europe were males likely to have been in one of the various monastic orders.
dhwty - 08/05/2019 - 00:22
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First Ever Aztec Royal Burial Site Could Be Indicated By Jaguar, Flamingo and Child Sacrifices [New Discovery]
... decorated with semi-precious stones. The body of a young man offered to Tezcatlipoca Huitzilopochtli found at the ...
Ed Whelan - 25/03/2019 - 22:00
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Christmas Peace: Finnish Criminals, You’ve Been Warned For Over 600 Years
An ancient Finnish law promising harsher sentences for Christmas criminals was read out to an empty town square.
ashley cowie - 24/12/2021 - 22:00
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Intriguing Coptic Tombstone Belonging to a Little Girl Discovered in Luxor
A team of archaeologists in Egypt has recently uncovered an ancient Coptic tombstone during the excavation works taking place in the Avenue of Sphinxes. Now archaeologists suggest that the tomb belongs to a 10-year-old girl.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 26/10/2017 - 22:45
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What was Sweating Sickness, the Mysterious Tudor Plague of Wolf Hall?
... the English sweating sickness. ( Public Domain ) But one man’s name became synonymous with the sickness. ...
ancient origins - 13/01/2019 - 22:58
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Hallucinogenic Substances Detected in 2,200-Year-Old Egyptian ‘Bes’ Vase
... deity known as Bes . This short, squat man-cat was a protective god or spirit that was said to have ...
Nathan Falde - 05/06/2023 - 22:51
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The Posterity of Neo-Babylonia: The Dramatic Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II
... city-state of his father, Nabopolassar. A great military man, Nabopolassar rose to power in Babylonia during a period ... Ancient Persian Inscriptions Link a Babylonian King to the Man Who Became Buddha The Lost Years of Nabonidus, Last King ...
Riley Winters - 16/08/2015 - 14:50
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Understanding the Swinging Seismographic Gavazan Column at Tatev Monastery
The Gavazan Column, called the Gavazan Siun, is a unique monument located in the compound of the Tatev Monastery in Armenia. During the Middle Ages, the monastery was a great center of learning in Armenia, and its monks made various contributions in the fields of science, religion, and philosophy.
dhwty - 03/07/2020 - 14:00